AUGUST - CORN MOON 


The Moon of August is also called Barley Moon, Dispute Moon, Wedmonath
(Vegetation Month), Harvest Moon, and Moon When Cherries Turn Black.
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The Hindu Festival for Ganesha, called the Ganesha Chaturthi is held on the full 
Moon this month.

The American backwoods tradition calls this months Full Moon Sturgeon or Corn 
Moon.

The ancients called this Full Moon Barley Moon, a time to contemplate the 
eternalness of life.
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Old Sayings & Lore 

If a member of the family dies at the time of the New Moon, three deaths will
follow.

The Fenland country of England is an odd place that has kept its superstitions 
longer than other areas.  They say that if public dinners are not held at Full 
Moon, tragedy will follow.  Since Fenland roads are built high above the marshy 
land and bordered on both sides by deep ditches, one can see why this is more 
sense than superstition.

Many cultures felt it was highly unlucky to point at the Moon, and that curtseys 
to the Moon would bring a present before the next change of Moon.

Originally the term Moon-struck or Moon-touched meant chosen by the Goddess. 
These people were considered to be blessed.

Nowadays, a "Moon-calf" means someone who is absent-minded or not very bright. 
At one time, it described a person who was so carried away by love of the 
Goddess that he/she was nearly oblivious to the world around them.

It was often said that if a person was born at a Full Moon, he or she would have 
a lucky life.